Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-10
Fashion Notes.

A startling novelty is the introduction of
blue gloves. They come in shades of Cob
elm blue, SO fashionable at present, aud
many of them have the strips between the
fingers white.
Gobelin blue cashmere made into gowns
with full all-round draperies, have vests of
white serge braided with silver and collars
and cuffs of the same. English turbans of
the same shades are faced all around with
velvet braided in silver and have punches
of blue and white ribbons as trimming.
A pretty gown for young girl to wear
at home in the evenings is of cream chaille
figured with red chrysanthemum blossoms.
This is made in heavy side plaits from the
waist down, the plaits caught up in a care
less loop just over the left knee with bunch
of ribbons. There ure two or three slight
loops over the rather small tounure. The
bodice has the vest laid in narrow plaits and
broad white watered ribbon down either edge.
A ribbon about the neck is tied in long loops
on one side and the full sleeve reaches only to
the elbow where it is held in by broad ribbon
bands and bows.
An odd fancy in stockings is to wear two
pair the outer one being of silk net, with
broad meshes Red net is worn over black
silk stockings, blue over gray and pink and
heliotrope over white. For those in mourning
come black net ones, to be worn over under
stockings of white.
The Enlish and Scotch women seen here
during the yacht races introduced a fashion
that has firmly fixed itself in England,
though it was seen here for the first time
upon them This was the scarlet cloak,
which has been popular in that island at
intervals ever since the days of Queen Eliza
beth. Those worn aboard the Mohican were
of rich scarlet cloth, such as is worn by the
off
raglans or tight-ftting backs and sling
sleeves. The wearer had on little brown or
gray felt sailor hats, turned up in the back,
with knots of ribbon and clusters of short,
stiff, curled cocks plumes.
The Boulanger is the latest French lmpor-
tation in hats. It has brim, rolled up high
on either side in military fashion, and some
handsome ones just arrived are of dark-green
felt, with widely bound edges, trimmed along
the top of the crown with green moire ribbon
loops and green cocks plumes. Another
French hat is the Comtesse- Sara, with
broad poke front, most of the trimming at
the back of the hat, and two lot of ribbon at
the back which are brought forward and tied
under the chiu.
A hat something like the Comtesse Sara
comes for children, in smaller sizes, made of
velvet, wide sash ribbons being used for
erect loops at the back of the crown, without
other trimming, unless very narrow fold or
bonnets remain very small but the trimming
is broader and lower and the high, slim
effects Of last season are not much seen.
A large bow, with cross loops in Alsacian
style, yet much fuller than the fiat bow of
Alsace, is seen on small bonnets and also on
round hats.
There is a revival in the fancy for Jerseys
of both silk and wool, but they no longer
plain and closely fitted, the preference being
for various gathered waists, some having
jokes, while others are shirred on the should
ers and drawn down in plaits to meet point
ed half f-girdle of velvet. This is very hand
some in copper red or robins-e egg blue TOR
wearing with various skirts.
A charming house dress for the winter is
of gray silk, with little clusters of wine red
stripes. The plain pointed basque is covered
with inch wide ribbons of wine red velvet,
six of them being set in at the shoulders and
sloping over the bust, narrowing at the waist,
and ending at the edge Of the bodice in a
single loop. The sleeves have three velvet
straps pointed downward from the shoulder
and finished with bows. The collar and cuffs
are of velvet and where the drapery separates
on the left side straps and bows of the velvet
connecting it.
Rubber cloaks are being prepared for the
season of bad weather, and as they now ap-
pear have lost all the Objectionable features
they once possessed, which made woman
prefer to run the chances of a wetting to en-
casing herself in ANYTHING 80 hopelessly r. z.
redeemably ugly. The new ones are 50 soft
that they can be slowed in a very small COM
pass, and are cut like other fashionable long
cloaks. They are made of old-blue and bot.
tle-green silks, and sometimes neat checks OF
dark red barred with black; this silk Is
treated with a preparation that renders IL
impervious to water, and the sleeves are in
simple coat shape, to give the wearer free
play with her arms in order that she may
lift her skirts without trouble.
A new sort of India silk is found at the
art shops, and as much of it has been
bought up for costumes it will not be great
while before the dry-goods houses will have
it for sale. 1t is made of the wild silk which
the native worms spin in the forest trees and
has the strength and tenacity of pongee.
The thread is roughly and unevenly spun on
the rude native looms, and in consequence
has. with all the softness of the India silk,